How do you guys manage to get those tabs lined up with the holes? I mark the plates and the barrels and still have alignment issues! Any tricks to that?
This one is especially bad, A previous repairer drilled and tapped new and bigger holes in the spring barrels. Instead of using the old screw holes, the guy shifted the cover a bit and made new holes.
Dave D
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Re: Columbia Spring Barrel Cover Plates
I'm usually a big fan of Columbia products in general, but those cursed tabbed (or secured with separate plates) spring barrels are awful. I've had much better luck since carefully marking them (A=A, B=B, etc.) but they're still no fun. You have my sympathy!
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Re: Columbia Spring Barrel Cover Plates
I just reloaded the barrels on a BN. Stick the thing together, find a tiny ice pick or a nail or something, and work it around where the holes line up. Put in a screw loosely. Then try a few more screws, alternating sides of the barrel. Know how, when you change a car tire, you use a pattern instead of just tightening them in a circle? That's what I did.
Now mine might have been made differently. Columbias are super cool but weird. Hope it works for you.
Now mine might have been made differently. Columbias are super cool but weird. Hope it works for you.
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Re: Columbia Spring Barrel Cover Plates
That's good advice, and I second the "ice pick" technique. Also, I don't tighten the screws until they're all in place.VanEpsFan1914 wrote:I just reloaded the barrels on a BN. Stick the thing together, find a tiny ice pick or a nail or something, and work it around where the holes line up. Put in a screw loosely. Then try a few more screws, alternating sides of the barrel. Know how, when you change a car tire, you use a pattern instead of just tightening them in a circle? That's what I did.
Now mine might have been made differently. Columbias are super cool but weird. Hope it works for you.
Good luck, Dave!
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Thanks for the great tip. I can't wait to try it.
I usually dread these style of motors and end up spending way too much time on them!
Dave
I usually dread these style of motors and end up spending way too much time on them!
Dave
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Re: Columbia Spring Barrel Cover Plates
I have found that when a particular tab, or two, will not cooperate in being aligned, that a grab & twist with a plier can bring them into alignment.